Washboard



-. (No Model.)

G. W. MIOKLE.

VWASHBOARD. No. 511,246. PatentedDec. 19, 1,893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. MICKLE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

WASH BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,246, dated December 19, 1893.

Application filed October 21, 1893. Serial No. 1 ,803. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEQRGE W MICKLE, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefnllmprovementsinl l ashboards, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a wash -board with a detachable and interchangeable zinc; the attaching features being such that the zinc can be quickly and rigidly held in secure position.

The various features of my invention are fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section on line as, 270, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the zinc. Fig. i is a section on line 1), '0, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the clamp.

A represents the legs or stiles of the washboard.

B represents the box at the bottom of the board.

0 represents the feet projecting below the zinc.

D represents the zinc; E, the backboard on which the zinc rests.

F represents a lower cross brace at the foot of the zinc; G a cross brace at the top of the zinc; these braces are securely attached to the stiles.

H represents a groove in the stiles which bent over and engages with the groove 0. in the brace F.

(1 represents a U-shaped clamp which engages over the flange c of the zinc, and over the top of the brace G, rigidly holding the zincin position. The sides of the clamp have suificient elasticity to allow them to yield so that it can be removed and release the zinc, by means of which the zinc can be readily taken out and put in the wash-board. This interchanging of zines is desirable for several reasons; in the first place the zinc wears put much quicker than the remainder of the washboard, and when one zinc is worn through a new one can be readily placed in; again, sometimes difierent styles of corrugations are desired, and my improvement allows difierent zines to be readily interchanged. It is very desirable to have the zinc held firmly in position and close joints made. Both of these results are obtained by the means herein shown and described.

Having described my invention, what I 

